U.S. Department
of Justice
Fraud Section Enforcement Related to the CARES Act
March 10, 2022 DOJ Press Release
On March 10, 2022, the Justice Department announced the appointment of Associate Deputy Attorney General Kevin Chambers as Director for COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement. Mr. Chambers will lead the department’s criminal and civil enforcement efforts to combat COVID-19 related fraud, which efforts have to date have resulted in criminal charges against over 1,000 defendants with alleged losses exceeding $1.1 billion; the seizure of over $1 billion in Economic Injury Disaster Loan proceeds; and over 240 civil investigations into more than 1,800 individuals and entities for alleged misconduct in connection with pandemic relief loans totaling more than $6 billion.
May 17, 2021 DOJ Press Release
On May 17, 2021, the Attorney General established the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force to marshal the resources of the Department of Justice in partnership with agencies across government to enhance efforts to combat and prevent pandemic-related fraud. The Task Force bolsters efforts to investigate and prosecute the most culpable domestic and international criminal actors and assists agencies tasked with administering relief programs to prevent fraud by, among other methods, augmenting and incorporating existing coordination mechanisms, identifying resources and techniques to uncover fraudulent actors and their schemes, and sharing and harnessing information and insights gained from prior enforcement efforts.
Mar. 26, 2021 DOJ Press Release
The Fraud Section leads investigations and prosecutions of fraud, false statements, and money laundering related to the CARES Act passed by Congress in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Working alongside law enforcement partners and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, the Fraud Section has charged over a hundred defendants with fraud connected to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL). These efforts have helped to protect the integrity of Small Business Administration programs and deter wrongdoing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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March 26, 2021 Statement from Acting AAG Nick McQuaid
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Court Documents (Cases Publicly Charged up to December 6, 2021)
Please note the court documents below have all been unsealed.
District of Arizona
- U.S. v Sam Fiedler
- U.S. v Austin VanScoyk
- U.S. v Jonathan VanScoyk
Central District of California
- U.S. v. Gurgen Israyelyan
- U.S. v. Grigor Garibyan
- U.S. v. Robert Benlevi
- U.S. v Oumar Sissoko
- U.S. v. Richard Ayvazyan et al
- U.S. v Hassan Kanyike
- U.S. v. William Sadleir
- U.S. v. Andrew Marnell
Northern District of California
- U.S. v. Lebnitz Tran
District of Colorado
- U.S. v. Francis Joseph
District of Columbia
- U.S. v. Oludamilare Olugbuyi
Southern District of Florida
- U.S. v. Christopher Licata
- U.S. v Leonel Rivero
- U.S. v Leonel Rivero
- U.S. v Cindi Denton
- U.S. v Devonte Thames
- U.S. v Ioannis Kralievits
- U.S. v Justin Etwaru
- U.S. v Jerrica Rosado
- U.S. v Luke Pierre
- U.S. v Shanrika Duhart
- U.S. v Yashica Bain
- U.S. v Dennes Garcia
- U.S. v Jonathan Markovich et al
- U.S. v Tonye Johnson
- U.S. v Diamond Blue Smith
- U.S. v. Carlos Belone
- U.S. v. David Hines
- U.S. v. Dennis Nobbe
- U.S. v. Keyaira Bostic
- U.S. v. Damion Mckenzie
- U.S. v. Andre Clark
- U.S. v. Latoya Stanley, et al.
- U.S. v. Tiara Walker
- U.S. v. Joshua Bellamy
Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. v. Dixon, et al.
- U.S. v. Charmaine Redding
- U.S. v. Denesseria Slaton
- U.S. v. Teldrin Foster
- U.S. v. Wook Chung
- U.S. v. Yun Jae Moon
- U.S. v. Rodericque Jarmaine Thompson et al
- U.S. v Hunter VanPelt
- U.S. v. Darrell Thomas, et al.
- U.S. v. Kenneth L. Wright, Jr.
- U.S. v. Chandra Norton
- U.S. v. Stanley Dorceus
- U.S. v. Mark A. Stewart
- U.S. v. Timothy Williams
- U.S. v. Antonio D. Hosey
District of Hawaii
- U.S. v. Martin Kao
Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. v. Rahul Shah
Middle District of Louisiana
- U.S. v Brian Criss
Western District of Louisiana
- U.S. v Michael Tolliver
Eastern District of Maryland
- U.S. v. Brandon Fitzgerald-Holley
District of Massachusetts
- U.S. v. Elijah Majak Buoi
Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. v Amina Abbas
- U.S. v George et al.
- U.S. v Michael Bischoff
- U.S. v. Antonio George
District of Minnesota
- U.S. v. Kyle William Brenizer
District of Montana
- U.S. v. Matthew Jason Welch
District of Nevada
- U.S. v. Jorge Abramovs
- U.S. v. Karen Chapon
- U.S. v. Brandon Casutt
- U.S. v. Bryan Robinson
District of New Jersey
- U.S. v Gregory Blotnick
- U.S. v Rocco Malanga
- U.S. v. Jae H. Choi
Eastern District of New York
- U.S. v. Hashm Campbell.
- U.S. v. Okeke et al. .
Western District of New York
- U.S. v. Arena, et al.
- U.S. v. Christian Johnson
- U.S. v. Larry D. Jordan II, et al.
Eastern District of North Carolina
- U.S. v Tristan Pan
Middle District of North Carolina
- U.S. v Brandon Lewis
- U.S. v. David Christopher Redfern
Western District of North Carolina
- U.S. v Izzat Freitekh
Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. v. James Richard Stote, et al.
- U.S. v. Ross Charno
- U.S. v. Phillip Augustin
- U.S. v. Wyleia Nashon Williams
Northern District of Oklahoma
- U.S. v. Benjamin Hayford
District of South Carolina
- U.S. v. Roosevelt Roshelle Hunt
- U.S. v. Lauren Marcel Duhart, et al.
Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. v. Shashank Shekhar Rai
- U.S. v. Samuel Morgan Yates
- U.S. v. Fahad H. Shah
Northern District of Texas
- U.S. v Dinesh Sah
Southern District of Texas
- U.S. v Scott Jackson Davis
- U.S. v Raheel Malik
- U.S. v Lola Shalewa Barbara Kasali
- U.S. v Amir Aqeel et al
- U.S. v. Jase DePaul Gautreaux
- U.S. v. Joshua Thomas Argires
- U.S. v. Lee Price III
Western District of Washington
- U.S. v Austin Hsu
- U.S. v. Baoke Zhang
- U.S. v. Eric Shibley
- U.S. v. Makund Mohan
Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. v Thomas Smith
- U.S. v Tarone de La Woods
- U.S. v Deon Petty
- U.S. v Marvin Fitzgerald